"You would not be the first student I brought to the White Tower, were you born to my world," Moiraine says quietly. "But you were not there born, and I would not take you there for training in any case, as matters are ... unsettled."

She considers Kim for a moment, and inclines her head.

"What the Dark One wishes, I oppose. What she has done, I will undo, if I can. You will have to study hard, and work harder, but you may go far; you have the potential in you to be very strong indeed, stronger than many I have known."